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A new collection from Smithsonian Folkways brings together performances by Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Leadbelly and other artists. The simple theme: money — fortunes made, fortunes lost and fortunes desired.

In 1966, a young Marine took a reel-to-reel tape recorder with him into the Vietnam War. For two months, until he was killed in action, Michael Baronowski made tapes of his friends, of life in foxholes, of combat. And he sent those audio letters home to Norristown, Pennsylvania. More than 30 years later a comrade brought those tapes to Lost amd Found Sound.

Conservation scientist Gary Nabhan says the best way to recover some of America's at-risk species is to eat them. He documents lost and threatened foods in his new book, Renewing America's Food Traditions.

A forthcoming book traces the lost history of a musical genre too good to be true: funerary violin. Despite questions about the authenticity of the material, the book's U.S. publisher says it's an "amazing piece of work."

Audie Cornish reads emails from listeners about the "music curator" known as Diplo.

Alt.Latino observes the holiday by offering music and memories to loved ones we lost this year, with special dedications from our listeners.

The 19-year-old freshman at Mount St. Joseph University died Friday from brain cancer. Her nonprofit foundation has helped to raise more than $1.5 million for cancer research.

Six people lost their lives after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., on Wednesday.

Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're still fighting stubborn segregation, poverty and gun violence.

There are more than 400,000 foster children in the U.S., and a disproportionate number identify as LGBT. It's hard to find foster parents for them, but an effort in Los Angeles aims to change that.